Nationalism and Political Identities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
Shanfei was the daughter of a wealthy Chinese landowner and lived a priveleged livestyle
Family adapted to new spirit of post war years
Challenges to the subservient position of women in particular
Went to school after father died and became popular as a student leader and a political leader later in life
Great Depression hurt struggles for national sovereignty, especially in Asia
Nationalsim and antimperialist movements gathered strength in the post war years
Asian Paths to Autonomy
Nationalsim powerful force throughout Asia
Influenced by European ideologies
Japan used militarism and imperial expansion in the interwar years to enhance its national identity
Inda's Quest for Home Rule
Nationalism threatened British hold on India
Rail system united the country and allowed for efficient transportation
School system taught European values of democracy, individual freedom and equality, all things that undermined imperialism
Indian National Congress
Founded in 1885
Before the Great War they cooperated to try and achieve independence, then after the war opposed the British
The Muslim League (1906) provided voice for Muslim minority in Hindu society
Indians supported British in WWI before food and supplies became scarce
Indian Nationalists took ideas from Wilson's 14 Points and Lenin's appeal for a struggle by the proletariat and colonized peoples
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Born in India in 1869, went to study law in London in 1888
1893 he went to South Africa and became involved in the fight against racial segregation against the Indian community
Used Ahimsa (moral philosophy of tolerance and nonviolence) and Satyagraha ("truth and firmness")
believed in the virtue of simple living
The Indian Act
British parliament enacted the Government of India Act-gave India the institutions of a self-governing state
Allowed for the establishment of autonomous legislative bodies in the provinces of British-India, bicameral national legislature, and the formation of executive arm under control of British Government
Went into effect in 1937
Muslims feared that Hindus would dominate the national legislature-therefore the India Act was unworkable
Economic control by the Hindus had a severe impact on India during the Great Depression
Most indebted tenant farmers were Muslims and were unable to pay rents and debts (their landlords were mainly Hindus)
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948) a brilliant lawyer who headed the Muslim League
he warned that a unified India represented a threat to Muslim faith and its Indian community
Proposed 2 states; one was the "land of the pure" (Pakistan)
Made people realize that India's society was split by hostility between Hindus and Musilims which made unification a goal
Nationalism and Political Identities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
- Shanfei was the daughter of a wealthy Chinese landowner and lived a priveleged livestyle
- Family adapted to new spirit of post war years
- Challenges to the subservient position of women in particular
- Went to school after father died and became popular as a student leader and a political leader later in life
- Great Depression hurt struggles for national sovereignty, especially in Asia
- Nationalsim and antimperialist movements gathered strength in the post war years
Asian Paths to Autonomy- Nationalsim powerful force throughout Asia
- Influenced by European ideologies
- Japan used militarism and imperial expansion in the interwar years to enhance its national identity
Inda's Quest for Home Rule- Nationalism threatened British hold on India
- Rail system united the country and allowed for efficient transportation
- School system taught European values of democracy, individual freedom and equality, all things that undermined imperialism
Indian National Congress- Founded in 1885
- Before the Great War they cooperated to try and achieve independence, then after the war opposed the British
- The Muslim League (1906) provided voice for Muslim minority in Hindu society
- Indians supported British in WWI before food and supplies became scarce
- Indian Nationalists took ideas from Wilson's 14 Points and Lenin's appeal for a struggle by the proletariat and colonized peoples
Mohandas K. Gandhi- Born in India in 1869, went to study law in London in 1888
- 1893 he went to South Africa and became involved in the fight against racial segregation against the Indian community
- Used Ahimsa (moral philosophy of tolerance and nonviolence) and Satyagraha ("truth and firmness")
- believed in the virtue of simple living
The Indian Act